The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . 66 DEAR SIR , " I HAVE returned your play , 2 which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . " The plot is so well framed ...
... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . 66 DEAR SIR , " I HAVE returned your play , 2 which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . " The plot is so well framed ...
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... John Dal- rymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to an- swer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infir- mary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who deliver- ed to you your freedom , is one of my 16 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... John Dal- rymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to an- swer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infir- mary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who deliver- ed to you your freedom , is one of my 16 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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... John- son was shocked at this unconscientious conduct . All the miserable cavillings against his " Journey , " in news - papers , magazines , and other fugitive publications , I can speak from certain knowledge , only furnished him with ...
... John- son was shocked at this unconscientious conduct . All the miserable cavillings against his " Journey , " in news - papers , magazines , and other fugitive publications , I can speak from certain knowledge , only furnished him with ...
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... John Campbell , that he had said of them , " Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging . " Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ; for I had now formed a clear and ...
... John Campbell , that he had said of them , " Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging . " Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ; for I had now formed a clear and ...
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... John- son was treated with the respect due to so eminent a man , while his conduct as a political writer was boldly and pointedly arraigned , as inconsistent with the char- acter of one , who , if he did employ 38 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... John- son was treated with the respect due to so eminent a man , while his conduct as a political writer was boldly and pointedly arraigned , as inconsistent with the char- acter of one , who , if he did employ 38 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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